linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 16/24] x86/resctrl: Add a helper to read a closid's configuration

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Date:   Wed, 11 Aug 2021 17:50:24 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     James Morse <james.morse@....com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>,
        Babu Moger <Babu.Moger@....com>,
        shameerali.kolothum.thodi@...wei.com,
        Jamie Iles <jamie@...iainc.com>,
        D Scott Phillips OS <scott@...amperecomputing.com>,
        lcherian@...vell.com, bobo.shaobowang@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 16/24] x86/resctrl: Add a helper to read a closid's
 configuration

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 05:06:29PM +0000, James Morse wrote:
> +void resctrl_arch_get_config(struct rdt_resource *r, struct rdt_domain *d,
> +			     u32 closid, u32 *value)
> +{
> +	struct rdt_hw_domain *hw_dom = resctrl_to_arch_dom(d);
> +
> +	if (!is_mba_sc(r))
> +		*value = hw_dom->ctrl_val[closid];
> +	else
> +		*value = hw_dom->mbps_val[closid];

I don't like functions which are of void type but which still return a
value through an arg pointer. Please send a cleanup ontop of the whole
set converting it to return u32 as the mbps value instead.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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